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So I downloaded Angry Birds, one of the first apps any android used would download.
Now that I've reached some of the more complex levels, it looks like the P500 cannot keep up with the larger number of falling objects, and the game ends up stuttering/framing.
Is this normal? I had read that the P500 can play the game with ease.
I'm on the stock 2.2.1 ROM.
You could try and enable hardware acceleration. You might get a slightly reduced battery life, but angry birds might run smoother..
With stock ROM, it is normal. You can only experience better performance with a custom ROM with hardware acceleration enabled, a bit of CPU overclocking and a kernel that minimizes the touchscreen lag bug.
In my particular case, even with all these "goodies" I can't really enjoy the game: the stuttering is not completely gone and makes ending the level with 3 stars very difficult. But it's a lot better than what you experience right now with stock ROM.
There's a trick to that, even without overclocking, custom ROMs and kernels, etc.
When a laggy level begins, wait for the lag to stop. There's a lot of physics going on when you start a level since it has to reposition the blocks and stuff. Once they're not moving (no more physics stuff), the lag stops. Then you play the game. Just wait for a while and it'll be smooth. Trust me on this
^I've also done that, and it works pretty well.
But on some of the really complex stages in the latter parts of the game, even using this trick in conjunction with the void ROM and hardware acceleration doesn't help. We're pretty much running into the limits of the hardware, and there isn't really anything we can do about it. That said, I'd love it if I were wrong.
Yeah, kpbotbot, done that too. The game kinda demands it, but it's not enough. The amount of time that gets wasted waiting for things to settle and game to move fluid ruins the entire experience.
I know. I recently uninstalled the game Last level I was on was the one with the boomerang-ish birds.
Relevant note: A PC version of Angry Birds was out last month. No Linux version, but WINE runs it pretty well
I am actually enjoying Angry Birds with void + hardware acceleration + touchscreen fix. If you have a Class 2 memory card, Angry Birds may have installed to you SD card directly and the card's speed may be slowing the game down. Move it to the internal memory.
Also, wait until after the initial lag to play. This matters a lot since not waiting causes my phone to freeze up.
HW doesn't really do much in-game . Believe me on this one . You're better off just oc-ing your cpu to at least 768 and also try to have as much free memory as possible
Cheers.
Yeah, just like some people said and it sounds like were asking too much, but just try to be patient and wait til the game loads all the physics then the lag might be gone. Sometimes i move forwards/backwards a few times then it disapears, or even calling the menu once and then getting back.
try mik's kernel
Or wait.for the lite version.
i've noticed a bit of lag too, being patience definitely helps.
Whats this lite version all about? any changelog available?
I don't think it is the fault of the hardware. My old iPhone 3G played angry birds no problem, but generally it was a lot slower than my O1.
has anybody tries this on the nook color. if it works that would make the nook even more amazing.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.chaos.nds4droid&feature=search_result
This does look pretty cool.
It is a work in progress, and there is much work to do to improve the speed of the games from what I have read.
I don't think sound is functional yet either, but it seems like the app is updated fairly frequently, so sound could come in a matter of days or weeks I would imagine.
I'm going to give it a try later tonight and I will report back...
Tiger Labs has a free NDS emulator out which, while not updated often, is still a better application than this $10 one.
That will probably change a month or two from now, but I think he has a lot of balls to charge $10 for an app that offers much less than the free competition.
You should also know that there has been work done on a Sega Saturn and Dreamcast Emulator.
And i'm really hoping for a NDS emulator soon, as it would make it a lot easier to play Phoenix Wright or Professor Layton games at work ;p.
So I just played with it a bit. I'm running CM7 Stable with the 4/12 kernel. Interactive Governor, 1000mhz - Min/ 1100mhz - Max.
And it's choppy... Pokemon SS seemed to be semi-playable and Dragonball Kai - Butoden loaded fine, but was very slow. I haven't had a chance to try Phoenix wright or any of the Layton games just yet, so i'll update when I get a chance on those.
Also going to grab the Tiger Demo NDS Emulator and compare.
Ive tried Both Tigernds and nds4droid, while tiger ran it only ran in a small window, not idea for the nook colors big screen, and nds4droid was pretty slow but ran, but i could only get it to run with the games they listed on the download, other than those games i don't think they will run any others. It was said to be just a proof of concept though so it should be changing as development progresses with it. Tiger just didn't measure up for me.
Hi All,
I am enjoying playing around improving the speed of my touchpad. It is now clocked to 1.7Ghz.
Surprisingly my iPad 1 loads web pages considerably quicker than my over-clocked touchpad (BBC.co.uk is a good example).
Given the hardware improvements this is a little surprising.
I have applied the recommended patches, just wondered if anyone out there has managed to tweak their TP so that it can out perform an ipad 1 for loading web pages?
Would be interested to know your thoughts.
Thanks
Dan
The stock browser is well known for being decidedly average.
Have you applied the download-speed patch amongst the others?
Do you have the caching patch applied? That can make a big difference in the browser speed.
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thanks for the response. Been doing some reading and concluded that the webos browser / os just is not optimised for the hardware.
Madness really, A processor that runs almost twice as fast yet cant load BBC.co.uk as quick.
Sort of understand why HP decided to pull out - they have got so much to do to get on par with Apple..
its interesting reading that some say there overclocked TP is as fast as anything out there, i think they are kidding there selves.
Still, I love this new gadget - for £89 I am not moaning.. (but can see why they would never sell at iPad prices)
Thanks
Dan
have pretty much all patches for the browser, but not tried the caching patch. I think there are a couple out there. I will have a play.
Its clear where the performance of this device sits Vs the current competition.... roll on Andriod Port
cheers all
dluik said:
thanks for the response. Been doing some reading and concluded that the webos browser / os just is not optimised for the hardware.
Madness really, A processor that runs almost twice as fast yet cant load BBC.co.uk as quick.
Sort of understand why HP decided to pull out - they have got so much to do to get on par with Apple..
its interesting reading that some say there overclocked TP is as fast as anything out there, i think they are kidding there selves.
Still, I love this new gadget - for £89 I am not moaning.. (but can see why they would never sell at iPad prices)
Thanks
Dan
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At 1.7ghz your Touchpad is running OVER 2x the clockspeed of the original iPad not to mention that it also has double the cores. The original iPad runs at 800mhz single core. I have made a few videos to dispute some people at Precentral that claim the Touchpad's browser is faster than their desktop computer's and other insane claims like that. All of them have my iPad considerably beating the Touchpad, especially on content heavy sites. Also this is with flash off and disabled on the TP and cache cleared on both.
I have the Touchpad and my girlfriend the iPad2.
- Web surfing speed is much faster on the iPad2 even after tweaks enabled on Touchpad.
- Scrolling is smoother on iPad(2).
- Websites are displayed better and more functional on the Touchpad.
- Some JavaScript intensive stuff (like image lightboxes) runs smoother on the Touchpad, almost as smooth like on a computer. I don't know if all JS things run faster on the Touchpad.
In the end I think the iPad(2) has the better surfing experience for most people.
The web application for the Touchpad just seems badly programmed.
It's the whole OS that's slow, not just the browser. Seems the few remaining webOS' engineer's didn't have the motivation to optimize it.
webOS is a great OS. It's just let down by its speed. If they made it open source, the community could improve it no end.
Is the BBC page filled with flash? The iPad may be loading faster since it doesn't have to load the flash
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Is the BBC page filled with flash? The iPad may be loading faster since it doesn't have to load the flash
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Someone (not OP) states above that they tested with Flash disabled and cache cleared, and TP still loses.
I can conform the same - TP with patches/tweaks and overclocked to 1.5 GHz is considerably slower than any Android devices I could compare it to (2 phones, 2 tablets). I am actually considering dumping it because it is SO slow, I just can't use it. Try starting up the 3.0.2 stock calculator - it takes a few seconds for it to start!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It should be lightning fast! When I need to run a couple of easy numbers, it is quicker for me to do it myself than to wait for the TP to start up the calculator app.
If there is no reliable android port that runs FAST, I consider the $150 WASTED.
Hopefully the browser will be on par with the hardware once we get android. Also i know the touchpad has a slow browser, but i herd it has a much better range than the iPad. As in if you brought the iPad to where your out of wifi range, the touchpad will still work, and work almost as quick as when it was in closer range.
Can't test this out though, my touchpad hasn't arrived yet, but it just shipped 2 days ago, so it should be here soon
I haven't done much browsing on my Touchpad, since the browser really annoys me, but the worst example of the slowness that I have found is loading Engadget.com. I can load Engadget.com and then tap on a story and load that on my iPad before the Touchpad can load the Engadget.com main page.
iPad on the left and Touchpad on the right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCmUyADNN4w
Here is the Touchpad on the left and the iPad on the right loading Politico.com. The iPad loads the entire page, WITH ADS, before the Touchpad loads a single element without ads. That is pathetic HP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktBtiCImPsE&feature=player_detailpage#t=66s
Forgive the sound in the videos. The Epic4g I used to film is ridiculous at picking up every single sound while taking a video and I had a fan running in the room.
You all (and anyone who owns a Touchpad) needs to install the "disable cache" patch found on precentral.net. It will dramatically improves the browser speed by 40-50%, I'd say. You will need Preware installed to install Internalz pro from Preware. Then Internalz pro will install patch for you. Reboot after patch installs. The most important posts of the thread below are #1, #59 and #85.
here is link to thread.
http://forums.precentral.net/hp-tou...8215-disable-weboss-flawed-browser-cache.html
Hopefully this patch or code will be incorporated in the next webOS version.
ricoishere2 said:
You all (and anyone who owns a Touchpad) needs to install the "disable cache" patch found on precentral.net. It will dramatically improves the browser speed by 40-50%, I'd say. You will need Preware installed to install Internalz pro from Preware. Then Internalz pro will install patch for you. Reboot after patch installs. The most important posts of the thread below are #1, #59 and #85.
here is link to thread.
this patch or code will be incorporated in the next webOS version.
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have done this - thanks
sadly ipad1 still comfortably out performs my TP...
thanks Dan
dluik said:
have done this - thanks
sadly ipad1 still comfortably out performs my TP...
thanks Dan
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One being faster than the other is less as important than one being comfortable with the speed itself. Point being, the Touchpad with the "disable cache" patch makes the browsing experience very enjoyable on the Touchpad. My Volvo 850R is not as fast as a Ferrari but its very fast and fun to drive to me. The patch improves the browsing speed greatly and anyone who has a Touchpad will benefit.
-Sent from my HP Touchpad
Glimpse app has a built-in browser that seems faster than the stock one.
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Has anyone confirmed this to be usable on the wildfire. I know previous angry birds versions have been laggy even with OC. (At least from my experience)
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Has anyone confirmed this to be usable on the wildfire. I know previous angry birds versions have been laggy even with OC. (At least from my experience)
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It's usable on the wf but it is a bit laggy, more or less like the previous versions
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It's usable on the wf but it is a bit laggy, more or less like the previous versions
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Lags a lot but probably because I'm on miui. Oc 729 and it lags pretty much as much as the previous.
Have you tried the old trick of "turning all data off? I.e airplane mode. When I used to play games on my wildfire, angrybirds was one of my favs and o/c with the data off gave me a very good experience and almost no lag at all.
P.s I might just have to download this now lol.
MANCHESTER together UNITED forever
working on my rooted wildfire. (CM7)
A bit laggy though, still playable
need more levels
Actually I've finished the game in two days (note that I'm in the middle of my exams so i wasn't playing all the time )
Its a bit laggy with maximum OC and performance governor
I'll try the data off trick now
I am on CM7 build 14
Sent from my still alive, ICS capable HTC Wildfire.
OMG very cool I liked
So i was trying out the NDS emulator nds4droid on my note 2, and tried Zelda Spirit Tracks on it. Of course gameplay was bad and so most of the game but then i wondered if there were other any playable games that could be loaded on the emulator with the Note 2.
What about a list of games that work correctly?
Ill start with my two cents
##NOT WORKING##
-Zelda Spirit Tracks (horrible frame rate,SLOW, bad sound)
You test juste this game ? ^^
bluedragon38 said:
You test juste this game ? ^^
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Well, you'll be amazed to see that a lot of games are working. But only some of them are fast enough to be really played.
Here is what I've tried so far
-Mario Kart DS=>everything working, but definitly too slow to be really playable (maybe 24 fps?)
-Harvest Moon=> 2D game so not too slow, playable
-New super Mario=>everything working, but definitly too slow to be really playable (maybe 24 fps?)
-Nintendogs=>everything working, but definitly too slow to be really playable (maybe 30 fps?)
-Mario&Luigi partners in time=> fully playable, 60fps can be reached just swap the screens to play comfortably. Cheat codes working
-Dr Kawashima's Brain Training=> good speed, but using the S-pen for some of the trainings remains too slow + some gfx glitches
-Cocoto Racer=>=>everything working, but definitly too slow to be really playable (maybe 24 fps?)
-Simpsons game=> fully playable at full speed (60fps can be reached). Sadly the Simpsons' voices are laggy but that's not a real problem
-Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story: strange, it's really way slower than Partners in time, so for me, not really playable
I'm about half wat at Mario&Luigi partners in time now
I'm sure this is common knowledge, but Pokemon Black/White and Black2/White2 run while patched, but run incredibly slow as well. I think the highest in-game framerate i got was 21fps. I haven't tried, but I've heard that the Pokemon Platinum and below games work well enough to play.
Spirit Tracks does run quite choppy, however I will argue that it is playable with a moderate amount of frame-skip.
I got through the first dungeon before I got distracted by something else.
Im happy to report that Okamiden works like a charm!